• SLR

  • Upcoming price and download limit change

Update: https://forum.sexlikereal.com/d/7862-downloads-plans-revamp/

We are considering introducing lower price tiers for new subscribers.
It will come with
-50% downloads limit for monthly plan.
-30% for monthly non-recurring
-25% for annual
-15% for LT.
We are still checking on the actual limit numbers to make sure we find a golden ratio and keep everyone happy

All the active subs will keep their current limits intact. There will be upgrade option for each plan. There will be an option to buy extra downloads.

Main problem comes from users misusing recurring monthly sub instead of going non-recurring monthly.

Perfectly we want to separate streaming and data hoarding users

    Reducing download limits again? Those are significant reductions and you already have the most restrictive download limits of any site. No doubt there's going to be a lot of pissed off people this time.

    doublevr Main problem comes from users misusing recurring monthly sub instead of going non-recurring monthly.

    That pricing model never made sense.

        doublevr There will be an option to buy extra downloads.

        What can we expect here in terms of conditions and pricing?

        doublevr Main problem comes from users misusing recurring monthly sub instead of going non-recurring monthly.

        There is no misuse as long as you are offering 1 month at two different prices. Could be avoided by starting the rebate on the second month or reducing the number of days for non-recurring access.

              SchnuppiLilac What can we expect here in terms of conditions and pricing?

              Very reasonable. We want to make things work for everyone and have our users happy. Still doing the math behind it. Data hoarders should not have advantage over streaming users like it is now.

              Downloads aren't evil. We just have to structure it right.
              We know to succeed where others have failed and making things work for everyone.

                  We can have an upgrade 50 downloads for $19.99 with no expiration for the time of active premium. These will be used once a user is out of limit.
                  And 10 scripts for $9.99.

                    Good move. I only ever stream I download if I find out a studio is leaving like Swallowbay, in which case I may download 1 or 2 favourite scenes.

                    Why would yearly downloads need to be limited further? I almost never hit the download limit but I hate having to think about it or having to make sure I download things regularly. I also don't want to stream for various reasons and have been continously subscribed for years btw.

                    I guess it won't effect me personally since I'm already subscribed but still. If your drive crashes or you have been on holiday for a while and you need to download a little more than usual, I think that should be possibly every now and again on a yearly sub.

                    doublevr We can have an upgrade 50 downloads for $19.99

                    If the goal is to let frequent downloaders pay for the additional traffic, I don't think this offer is attractive. For $20 you can get a second subscription with the competition and an additional 600 downloads per month plus their exclusive content. So I think this approach will only reduce downloads but will not generate any significant additional revenue.

                    When I am downloading videos it is because I want to watch them in the highest bitrate available and I can't do this by streaming. I am not building any archives. My days are numbered and I am hardly able to keep up with all the new videos coming out every day.

                      If the choice is buy extra downloads or spend that money on another site that doesn't have those restrictions, I can't see any possible scenario where I'm buying the downloads. You're already the most expensive option on the market.

                      SLR seems to be the only VR site that consistently sees downloading as a problem that needs fixing.

                        doublevr I want to buy lifetime but was just billed for annual last month. Am I out of luck and should wait a year or could something be done about that?

                            petergriff look where other sites have got over 8 years and compare with slr. We must be doing something right i guess.

                            Evolve or else. Easy

                              SLR's download limits are very gracious. If you need to download hundreds of scenes a month, please realize there is a good chance a site like SLR that not only produces its own content, but monthly pays royalties out to studios may in fact lose money. Porn, as crazy as it may sound, does not grow on trees.

                              Per pricing, do note the economy is not in a good shape. Netflix now is in shooting distance of being the same price as an adult paysite in spite of them getting MUCH better processing rates and having magnitudes more users. That smaller sites (and yes, compared to Netflix, SLR is a small site) and especially those in our industry can hold the fort at pricing the way they have been over the years (or decades now) should be seen as commendable.

                                Data hoarder is a term you use for your customers now? Misusing? Users only ever operate within the confines that your system has established. The lack of foresight on such obvious matters should have been thought out more thoroughly instead.

                                I'm a lifer... so THIS proposed decrease doesn't affect me..

                                But when I signed up here, for life, my download limit was advertised as double what it is now. I still want what I paid for. That's one of the main reasons I paid here and not elsewhere. I've since gotten an additional lifetime sub elsewhere and I get up to 20 every single day (much more than I can or want to use there most days.. but it's there if/when I decide to use it.. I like that flexiblity). The download limits are already the lowest here, but as long as you give people what is advertised at the time they pay, I'm fine with it. Then it's the customer's choice to decide if the offer is right for them for the price.

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                                doublevr

                                One observation: It's likely that you're experiencing more downloads than usual this month due to the release of Quest 3. I've downloaded films for the obvious reason that streaming at Quest 3 quality results in significant network lagging (some months I don't download much).

                                One suggestion: Bandwidth costs are lower than studio costs, I'm guessing. I'd suggest that you permit unlimited downloads of the SLR Originals films, since once a film is made you pay no royalties on distribution.

                                One further observation: What about films you've downloaded that turned out to be broken, and unwatchable. For instance, the SLR Originals Sex Shop film has a dirty lens. Five or more of the recent films from BaberoticaVR have lens blur for one of the lenses.

                                I recall suggesting at one point a $10.00 tier, for either unlimited streaming or 30 downloads (and valid for only one month). That's what you need in this economy.